Fête du rond du chêne brocante.

 

We popped up to the annual brocante at the Rond du Chêne, more for the walk that to seek out any treasure as is our current status.

Was a wee bit underwhelming but we did see what might be considered a blast from the past!

“Fur aboots are ye fae?”

Think this was possibly put in place for the bears.

A walk in the woods - another walk around 'La Rond du Chene ': Part II.

 

After coming the lane on the Chemun de La Morelle we arrived at the little hammo of Bas Montant where the route signage failed us for a minute or two but we found a sign saying 'Chemin de Rond du Chene' and reckoned it was a safe bet! 

We started up the chemon, passed a smart new-build and were on our way back.

We eventually came upon a familiar site, a telecommunication mast that we pass on a shorter route we do here. This was now part of our route. 

We crossed over the La Guerche / La Rond du Chene road into the chemin on the other side of the road which would take us back up to our starting point.

This last piece of the walk at 1.5km proved the most difficult as it is fairly steep uphill climb. At least it had our first bit of colour.

At the top of the climb the path widened and leveled out.

A surprising feature of this part of the walk was the number of fallen trees around us, many across the actual path itself.

Would have to say it was good to see the end of the walk and get back to our car.

A walk in the woods - another walk around 'La Rond du Chene' : Part I

 On Saturday we headed up to the La Rond du Chene and did the marked 8km walk. It was a lovely day which made for a good walk starting with the long avenue through the woods.You are then led on to a narrower bath into the woods...

part of it was running like a small stream which surprised us as we have had a long dry spell but we soon discovered the reason!

After a bit of mud trudging we were back on a dry footing fairly soon and up on to some open ground.

Then it was along a track that led us to our first sign of life, what seemed like a holiday waiting to be opened up for a new season. 

From there a little grassy lane to us down to our first real road of the walk.

To be continued...